Attitudes towards chemistry and their relationship to student achievement in introductory chemistry courses

South African Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 8-14

  Cukrowska, Ewa ^a   Staskun, Mina G ^a   Schoeman, Hermanus S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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